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Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Big Nose Sue Jones-Davies Edit Storyline The story of Brian of Nazareth, born on the same day as Jesus of Nazareth, who takes a different path in life that leads to the same conclusion.

Just when you thought you were saved Edit Did You Know? Trivia Some of the snack items that Brian sells at the games: Quotes [ first lines ] Wise Man 1: We are three wise men.

Some of us have got to live as well you know. Who do you think pays for all this rubbish? That should give you enough. Alternate Versions The film was originally over two hours long, but was edited down after audience previews.

Amongst the scenes that were cut were an opening sequence in which the three shepherds attend the birth of Brian, and more scenes featuring King Otto, some of which were restored for the DVD release.

Frequently Asked Questions Q: Is "Life of Brian" based on a book? Over the next few months Life of Brian was re-edited and re-screened a number of times for different preview audiences, losing a number of entire filmed sequences.

A number of scenes were cut during the editing process. Five deleted scenes , a total of 13 minutes, including the controversial "Otto", were first made available in on the Criterion Collection Laserdisc.

However, a number of them of varying quality were shown the following year on the Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK; it has not been disclosed how these scenes were saved or where they came from; possibly the source was the Criterion laserdisc.

The rest of this faction also all had the same thin moustaches, and wore a spike on their helmets, similar to those on Imperial German helmets. The only scene with Otto that remains in the film is during the crucifixion sequence.

Otto arrives with his "crack suicide squad", sending the Roman soldiers fleeing in terror. Terry Jones once mentioned that the only reason this excerpt was not cut too was due to continuity reasons, as their dead bodies were very prominently placed throughout the rest of the scene.

He acknowledged that some of the humour of this sole remaining contribution was lost through the earlier edits, but felt they were necessary to the overall pacing.

You stupid, bird-brained, flat-headed Cleese approved of this editing as he felt the reaction to the four-letter word would "get in the way of the comedy".

An early listing of the sequence of sketches reprinted in Monty Python: The Case Against by Robert Hewison reveals that the film was to have begun with a set of sketches at an English public school.

An album was also released by Monty Python in in conjunction with the film. The album opens with a brief rendition of " Hava Nagila " on Scottish bagpipes.

A CD version was released in Its popularity became truly evident in during the Falklands War when sailors aboard the destroyer HMS Sheffield , severely damaged in an Argentinean Exocet missile attack on 4 May, started singing it while awaiting rescue.

Idle later performed the song as part of the Summer Olympics closing ceremony. The song is a staple at Iron Maiden concerts, where the recording is played after the final encore.

It consisted mostly of stock travelogue footage and featured arch comments from Cleese. Not only was this a spoof of travelogues per se , it was a protest against the then common practice in Britain of showing cheaply made banal short features before a main feature.

It was the highest grossing British film in North America that year. Released on 8 November in the UK, [23] the film was the fourth highest-grossing film in Britain in A DVD of the film was also released that year.

Reviews from critics were positive. It makes no difference that some of the routines fall flat because there are always others coming along immediately after that succeed.

If only it were! One might find it easier to keep from nodding off. Life of Brian has regularly been cited as a significant contender for the title "greatest comedy film of all time", and has been named as such in polls conducted by Total Film magazine in , [31] the British TV network Channel 4 in [32] and The Guardian newspaper in A poll by Time Out magazine ranked it as the third greatest comedy film ever made, [34] behind Airplane!

It was the seventh highest ranking comedy on this list four of the better placed efforts were classic Ealing Films.

A poll on Bol. In his view, "As a satire on religion, this film might well be considered a rather slight production.

As blasphemy it was, even in its original version, extremely mild. Yet the film was surrounded from its inception by intense anxiety, in some quarters of the Establishment, about the offence it might cause.

As a result it gained a certificate for general release only after some cuts had been made. Once again a blasphemy was restrained — or its circulation effectively curtailed — not by the force of law but by the internalisation of this law.

A member of Harrogate council , one of those that banned the film, revealed during a television interview that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the Nationwide Festival of Light , a grouping with an evangelical Christian base, of which they knew nothing.

In the UK, Mary Whitehouse , and other traditionalist Christians, pamphleteered and picketed locations where the local cinema was screening the film, a campaign that was felt to have boosted publicity.

This is also reinforced by the fact that several characters throughout the film claim crucifixion is not as bad as it seems, such as when Brian asks his cellmate in prison what will happen to him, and he replies: The director, Terry Jones, issued the following riposte to this criticism: Muggeridge and the Bishop, it was later claimed, had arrived 15 minutes late to see a screening of the picture prior to the debate, missing the establishing scenes demonstrating that Brian and Jesus were two different characters, and hence contended that it was a send-up of Christ himself.

They also expressed disappointment in Muggeridge, whom all in Python had previously respected as a satirist he had recently converted to Christianity after meeting Mother Teresa and experiencing what he described as a miracle.

Cleese expressed that his reputation had "plummeted" in his eyes, while Palin commented that, "He was just being Muggeridge, preferring to have a very strong contrary opinion as opposed to none at all.

On the DVD audio commentary , they contend that the film is heretical because it lampoons the practices of modern organised religion, but that it does not blasphemously lampoon the God that Christians and Jews worship.

When Jesus does appear in the film on the Mount, speaking the Beatitudes , he is played straight by actor Kenneth Colley and portrayed with respect.

The music and lighting make it clear that there is a genuine aura around him. Importantly, he is distinct from the character of Brian, which is also evident in the scene where an annoying and ungrateful ex- leper pesters Brian for money, while moaning that since Jesus cured him, he has lost his source of income in the begging trade referring to Jesus as a "bloody do-gooder".

James Crossley, however, has argued that the film makes the distinction between Jesus and the character of Brian to make a contrast between the traditional Christ of both faith and cinema and the historical figure of Jesus in critical scholarship and how critical scholars have argued that ideas later got attributed to Jesus by his followers.

Crossley points out that the film uses a number of potentially controversial scholarly theories about Jesus but now with reference to Brian, such as the Messianic Secret , the Jewishness of Jesus, Jesus the revolutionary, and having a single mother.

There was a brief exchange that occurred when the surviving members reunited in Aspen, Colorado, in And that has to be heretical. It is heretical, because it touches on dogma and the interpretation of belief, rather than belief itself.

The film continues to cause controversy; in February , the Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Newcastle upon Tyne held a public screening in the church itself, with song-sheets, organ accompaniment, stewards in costume and false beards for female members of the audience alluding to an early scene where a group of women disguise themselves as men so that they are able to take part in a stoning.

Although the screening was a sell-out, some Christian groups, notably the conservative Christian Voice , were highly critical of the decision to allow the screening to go ahead.

Some bans continued into the 21st century. The film pokes fun at revolutionary groups and s British left-wing politics.

According to Roger Wilmut, "What the film does do is place modern stereotypes in a historical setting, which enables it to indulge in a number of sharp digs, particularly at trade unionists and guerilla organisations".

Set in 33 A. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe them.

Terry Jones who is an authority on the medieval church put it this way: Speaking on YouTube recently, John Cleese opined that the central problem of any religion was the tendency of people to take literally what the founders of the religion intended to be metaphorical.

In Life of Brian we see the kinds of schisms which have shaped the modern Christian landscape played out at rapid speed, with small and often innocent misunderstandings leading to deep divides as the movement races ahead of its level-headed and in this case unintentional founder.

Christians may not like the comments it may make about how their church is organised, but a wise observer would see this not as blasphemy, but as constructive criticism from the very people that Christians should be attempting to reach.

As a send-up of both the contemporary church and its origins in the ancient world, Life of Brian is practically peerless. The intended uniformity of such groups with all members working towards the same goal is marred by the pettiness of the individuals therein, in what Sigmund Freud called "the narcissism of small differences".

A common debate among Python fans centres around whether Life of Brian is funnier than Holy Grail with The Meaning of Life usually seen as the runt of the litter.

While Holy Grail has a higher hit-rate of jokes and lends itself more readily to meme culture, Life of Brian is the more intelligent of the two works and its humour is more sharp and refined.

With Life of Brian, the writing process was more agreeable, Jones had a singular voice as director, and the production was made easier thanks to Graham Chapman kicking his drinking problem.

EMI, its main backer, pulled out days before filming was due to begin in Tunisia, concerned that the subject matter would put audiences off.

But because its subject matter has so much depth and subtlety, it feels at home on the big screen, with the large crowds of people involved feeling like part of a larger world rather than a mob rented to make up the numbers in a TV sketch.

The script of Life of Brian is beautifully structured so that the plot unfolds naturally rather than simply hopping from one sketch to the next.

But all the little bits ends up flowing together seamlessly and skilfully, where The Meaning of Life felt much more picaresque.

The performances in Life of Brian are absolutely top-notch. Its longevity as a satire of religion and organised belief is matched only by the long shelf life of its jokes, which are still fresh, funny and richly constructed after nearly four decade.

The performances are excellent, the music is witty and varied, and the visual sensibility can give both Jesus of Nazareth and The Gospel According to Matthew a run for their money.

It is a towering achievement of British cinema, showing what intelligent comedy can achieve, and should be seen by anyone with even a fraction of an open mind.

Though considered one of the best Monty Python films, even gone as far as considered the best and funniest, its not as good as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but its still an enjoyable film, and of course, very funny.

Though being pretty immature with some of the comedy, it is enjoyable, and though being raised a Christian, I find this film very funny, even if it is somewhat controversial to my religion.

Partly a riff on the mythos of one little known desert prophet, and part riff on the multitude of film about said prophet, it has the feel of the class clown arguing with the homeroom teacher, and nearly is as Biblical.

But mainly its just silly. Life of Brian is a very funny film from Monty Python. With this one, they really pulled off something highly entertaining and hilarious.

Everyone one here brings something truly memorable to the screen, and with its plot, is a fine parody that generates lots of laughs.

The film has plenty of great moments that really stand out. Monty Python are terrific comedians, and they deliver a film that is very funny from start to finish.

I thought that this film was well crafted and definitely delivered on its ideas. Monty Python always had that eccentric touch to their humor and they pull off another great movie with Life of Brian.

Life of Brian ranks there as one of the finest comedies ever made. One might find it easier to keep from nodding off. Life of Brian has regularly been cited as a significant contender for the title "greatest comedy film of all time", and has been named as such in polls conducted by Total Film magazine in , [31] the British TV network Channel 4 in [32] and The Guardian newspaper in A poll by Time Out magazine ranked it as the third greatest comedy film ever made, [34] behind Airplane!

It was the seventh highest ranking comedy on this list four of the better placed efforts were classic Ealing Films. A poll on Bol. In his view, "As a satire on religion, this film might well be considered a rather slight production.

As blasphemy it was, even in its original version, extremely mild. Yet the film was surrounded from its inception by intense anxiety, in some quarters of the Establishment, about the offence it might cause.

As a result it gained a certificate for general release only after some cuts had been made. Once again a blasphemy was restrained — or its circulation effectively curtailed — not by the force of law but by the internalisation of this law.

A member of Harrogate council , one of those that banned the film, revealed during a television interview that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the Nationwide Festival of Light , a grouping with an evangelical Christian base, of which they knew nothing.

In the UK, Mary Whitehouse , and other traditionalist Christians, pamphleteered and picketed locations where the local cinema was screening the film, a campaign that was felt to have boosted publicity.

This is also reinforced by the fact that several characters throughout the film claim crucifixion is not as bad as it seems, such as when Brian asks his cellmate in prison what will happen to him, and he replies: The director, Terry Jones, issued the following riposte to this criticism: Muggeridge and the Bishop, it was later claimed, had arrived 15 minutes late to see a screening of the picture prior to the debate, missing the establishing scenes demonstrating that Brian and Jesus were two different characters, and hence contended that it was a send-up of Christ himself.

They also expressed disappointment in Muggeridge, whom all in Python had previously respected as a satirist he had recently converted to Christianity after meeting Mother Teresa and experiencing what he described as a miracle.

Cleese expressed that his reputation had "plummeted" in his eyes, while Palin commented that, "He was just being Muggeridge, preferring to have a very strong contrary opinion as opposed to none at all.

On the DVD audio commentary , they contend that the film is heretical because it lampoons the practices of modern organised religion, but that it does not blasphemously lampoon the God that Christians and Jews worship.

When Jesus does appear in the film on the Mount, speaking the Beatitudes , he is played straight by actor Kenneth Colley and portrayed with respect.

The music and lighting make it clear that there is a genuine aura around him. Importantly, he is distinct from the character of Brian, which is also evident in the scene where an annoying and ungrateful ex- leper pesters Brian for money, while moaning that since Jesus cured him, he has lost his source of income in the begging trade referring to Jesus as a "bloody do-gooder".

James Crossley, however, has argued that the film makes the distinction between Jesus and the character of Brian to make a contrast between the traditional Christ of both faith and cinema and the historical figure of Jesus in critical scholarship and how critical scholars have argued that ideas later got attributed to Jesus by his followers.

Crossley points out that the film uses a number of potentially controversial scholarly theories about Jesus but now with reference to Brian, such as the Messianic Secret , the Jewishness of Jesus, Jesus the revolutionary, and having a single mother.

There was a brief exchange that occurred when the surviving members reunited in Aspen, Colorado, in And that has to be heretical. It is heretical, because it touches on dogma and the interpretation of belief, rather than belief itself.

The film continues to cause controversy; in February , the Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Newcastle upon Tyne held a public screening in the church itself, with song-sheets, organ accompaniment, stewards in costume and false beards for female members of the audience alluding to an early scene where a group of women disguise themselves as men so that they are able to take part in a stoning.

Although the screening was a sell-out, some Christian groups, notably the conservative Christian Voice , were highly critical of the decision to allow the screening to go ahead.

Some bans continued into the 21st century. The film pokes fun at revolutionary groups and s British left-wing politics.

According to Roger Wilmut, "What the film does do is place modern stereotypes in a historical setting, which enables it to indulge in a number of sharp digs, particularly at trade unionists and guerilla organisations".

Other scenes have the freedom fighters wasting time in debate, with one of the debated items being that they should not waste their time debating so much.

There is also a famous scene in which Reg gives a revolutionary speech asking, "What have the Romans ever done for us? The printing of this book also caused problems, due to rarely used laws in the United Kingdom against blasphemy, dictating what can and cannot be written about religion.

The publisher refused to print both halves of the book, and original prints were by two companies. My Life with Brian was released.

Johnson became friendly with the Pythons during the filming of Life of Brian and his notes and memories of the behind-the-scenes filming and make-up.

Oundjian and Idle joined forces once again for a double performance of the oratorio in July This was a parody of the infamous Friday Night, Saturday Morning programme, broadcast a week previously.

The Pythons featured in the documentary and reflected upon the events that surrounded the film. This was followed by a screening of the film itself.

In a panel discussion [69] including Terry Jones and Richard Burridge , John Cleese described the event as "the most interesting thing to come out of Monty Python".

The papers from the conference have gone on to prompt the publication of a book, edited by Joan E. Taylor , the conference organiser, Jesus and Brian: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For the boxer, see Brian Cohen boxer. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 21 July Retrieved 18 December Retrieved 25 February Retrieved 17 May Archived from the original on 22 July Retrieved 2 November The Secret Life of Brian.

From Fringe to Flying Circus. The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons. Retrieved 6 November The Python Years, — Stewie then realizes he can rebuild the time machine and use it to save Brian.

Unfortunately, his dealer is unable to supply him with needed parts due to his connection being killed for unknowingly drawing Muhammad.

The family and friends hold a funeral for Brian where Peter gives a tear-jerking eulogy. At the funeral, Joe is pressured by a mourning black woman to find who killed Brian, and Quagmire, who loathes Brian , does not pay attention to the service and he instead watches a video on his cellphone complaining at Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz to "stop swinging at junk".

A month later, the Griffin family still misses Brian dearly and Lois decides the best way for them to recover is to get a new dog. Peter chooses an Italian smooth-talking dog named Vinny at the pet shop.

At home, Vinny offers to make dinner and ingratiates himself with the family. Stewie is still not happy with Vinny and decides to ruin him. Stewie feeds him some sad Italian news hoping to break his heart, but Chris ruins it for Stewie.

Later, Vinny hears Stewie crying and finds he is still upset over Brian. Vinny offers some comfort, talking about the death of his previous owner Leo, and proving he knows what it is like to lose your best friend.

Vinny says even in the pet shop, he felt a kinship with the Griffin family. Stewie finally accepts Vinny into the family. As soon as this idea came up, we started talking about what the next couple episodes could be and we got very excited about the way this change will affect the family dynamics and the characters.

As much as we love Brian, and as much as everyone loves their pets, we felt it would be more traumatic to lose one of the kids, rather than the family pet.

He also discussed how the other Family Guy actors reacted when they heard Brian would be killed in the episode, saying:

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